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Owns a boat which is berthed in the Caribbean. His busy schedule, however, only allows him to go sailing on it once a year. During an interview with Charlie Rose regarding the 10th year anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption , Freeman said he regarded that film, Glory , Driving Miss Daisy , and Unforgiven as the highlights of his career. Is often called the greatest living actor in film, a title he humbly waves off and says he is just "lucky".
Said in an issue of Life magazine February that he can be seen as an extra in The Pawnbroker Arrived in Los Angeles, California in and his first job was as a clerk typist. Speaks French fluently. In May , he won the right to the Internet domain name www.
Received a trademark on his name from the U. Patent and Trademark Office on September 19, Most of the characters he has played are not written specifically for an African-American actor. Keeps his Oscar statuette inside a cabinet which resides in his office. The cabinet was built by a good friend of his in especially for the Oscar that his friend predicted he would win.
It even came with a plaque that read: "No Parking. Reserved for Oscar. Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in Has played three men who teach someone to box in three separate films. Works closely with screenwriter Grant Boucher. Has said that watching Gary Cooper 's films in his youth inspired him to become an actor. Broke his arm and shoulder when he flipped his car near his home of Charleston, Mississippi on August 3, Though he was born in Memphis, he actually grew up in the Mississippi Delta region.
He moved back to Mississippi to open a blues club and restaurant in Received the Cecil B. Favorite films include the original films King Kong and Moulin Rouge With the exception of The Shawshank Redemption , all the other films won in the category. His grandfather was Morgan Herbert Freeman.
His father was Morgan Porterfield Freeman. He has said that his parents forgot to give him a middle name. Alfonso first met his father in Clint Eastwood also appeared in and directed the latter two films. Is one of two African American actors in the top 5 highest grossing actors of all time, the other actor is Eddie Murphy. He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Pawnbroker , Unforgiven , The Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight The scrapped Disney project 'King of the Elves' had the protagonist modeled on him.
Mentioned in the song "Miami" by Baxter Dury Grandfather to Alfonso Rene b. March 11, , Joshua Caleb b.
February 27, and Donovan Lee Freeman b. August 18, via son Alfonso Freeman. I didn't want to do the same thing twice. Then I realized that my philosophical aversion was bullshit. I realized I liked Alex Cross. And the fact that he's black is totally incidental.
That's a rare thing for a black actor to find. Steve Bing was the producer and was very generous. But the movie didn't turn out very well. The director [ George Armitage ] fell ill and we shut down production for a few weeks while he recuperated. And I think when he came back he just didn't pick up the ball and run with it the way he should have, and the movie suffered greatly for that..
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring. I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure - I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do. I was in Africa when I got the call for Unforgiven Clint called my agency and made an offer for a western.
I was like "He called for me? It was "The Shimshunk Reduction", "The Hudsucker Redemption"; I mean people just couldn't say it, which really made me angry because I knew that at the time! The movie we made was called "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption". Isn't that a great title? But they were like "That won't fit on the marquee". So it took a year or two for people to say it. Some people still can't say it. This is a guy who spent a lot time planning and preparing, and what was he doing?
He was punishing people for their sins. He had a moral agenda. A twisted moral agenda, but do you know how many people do? People in high places.
But it wasn't about slavery at all. It was about American jurisprudence. The point of the film ultimately was that the President in not the king. But I think people were like "Jesus, not another movie about slavery! Which is a shame.
I don't think Brian De Palma had a clue. During this period, he also lived in New York City, working as a dancer at the World's Fair, and in San Francisco, where he was a member of the Opera Ring music group.
Freeman acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and also appeared as an extra in the film The Pawnbroker. He made his off-Broadway debut in , opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers about the civil rights era "Freedom Riders" , before debuting on Broadway in 's all-black version of Hello, Dolly!
Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, , until He married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, The couple separated in December Freeman's attorney and business partner, Bill Luckett, announced in August that Freeman and his wife are in the process of divorce.
He has two sons from previous relationships. That same year Freeman played Sgt. John Rawlins in the Civil War epic Glory , which he describes as the most satisfying role he has ever done.
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